Programme Planner

Programme Planner

Pay rate: £500-£520 per day inside IR35

Location: Hampshire

1. Job Description Summary

We are seeking a Programme Planner to create, maintain, and control integrated programme schedules that provide delivery teams with a clear, accurate, and trusted view of progress. You will use evidence-based planning to establish a single source of truth for milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery confidence. The Programme Planner ensures alignment across projects and enables effective decision-making by maintaining integrated schedules that reflect true programme status.

2. Project

Supplier personnel will deliver services on a Time and Materials basis for approximately 3 months to support programme planning activities for the account.

3. Services

• Develop and maintain programme and project schedules using standard planning tools.
• Align milestones and deliverables with contractual requirements and ensure consistency across the programme.
• Track progress, update plans, and produce reporting packs, dashboards, and schedule insights.
• Manage stage gates, baselines, and change control processes in line with governance standards.
• Facilitate planning workshops and work closely with project teams, PMO, and senior stakeholders.
• Identify and manage schedule risks, issues, and dependencies across workstreams.
• Support continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, and reporting.

4. Experience Required

• Experience in programme or portfolio planning within complex, multi-project environments.
• Strong proficiency in planning tools such as MS Project, Jira, Power BI, and Excel.
• Knowledge of project and programme methodologies including MSP, PRINCE2, and Agile.
• Excellent communication skills, strong analytical ability, and high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Relevant professional project/programme management certifications.
• Experience working on complex programmes within BPO contract environments.
• Experience within enterprise PMO environments and/or automated reporting frameworks.
• Familiarity with Agile planning methods.

5. Background and Screening Checks Requirements

All candidates must successfully complete the following checks:

• Criminal History Check: Required (covering the last 5 years)
• Employment Verification: Required (covering the last 5 years)
• Education Verification: Required
• National ID Verification: Required